Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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O God, who for our redemption didst give thine only begotten Son to the death of the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy; Grant us so to die daily from sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through the same Son Christ our Lord. Amen.🙏
~~Forgiven~~
Amen, Betsy1
Happy Easter, G!💓🙏
We are watching Easter from King’s College Cambridge. I believe I’ve never been so overwhelmed by a service as I have this one. Those voices!! And the acoustics in that most wonderful church. Lots of unbidden tears. May we all be deeply grateful for the gift of redemption that cost so much. Blessings, my friend.
I’m listening to Sirius XM Symphony channel.
The programme which starts at noon in which, for today, works of an Easter reflective nature are played (including the most marvelous Mahler Resurrection Symphony #2), started out with the compere saying, “Whether you believe in the Biblical tale of the resurrection, or take a more secular view…”
No words…except *sigh*
And Happy Resurrection Day! And don’t mind my typos please. Fat fingers.
I’ve got 8 plus 2 thumbs..the latter of which I am mostly😁
Amen 🙏
Happy Easter Betsy!!!! ❤️
Hallelujah! He has risen!!!
He is Risen, indeed!
Caught you!!!!!
Happy Easter to you and the mrs ❤️ have a most blessed day!!!
Ps left you a violet story on yesterday’s open thread. 😉
And a very Happy Resurrection Day to you, FC! ❤️ I’ll check yesterday’s OT when I get back from church. Security duty today. 🙂
Pop, woohoo! I’ve left posts you ain’t seen but read yours, I was worried.
Stowaway ship type help .
Made my Easter real good just typing this.
I understand dilemmas just like you taught, I just want you to know I remember your words during “lockdown” escapades helped more than I’ve ever said.
Even us old dogs need a bit of toughening up now and again.
You along with Frank filled that toppup perfectly.
I read your words to me as I waited for a border connection and although I knew I might be busted the burner phone gave me more strength, that my American pop is why I wish you the happiest Easter I can give.
Oh, you did mention God 😁 !
Have you heard anything from Frank?
Good happy morning, Cat💓🙏 What a glorious day…the much awaited resurrection of our only mediator and advocate. A holy promise kept. Easter blessings I send to you, dear friend.B
Morning, W_P! Christ is Risen!
Христос Воскресе! Воистина Воскресе!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!
Amen, brother!
Amen! Glory to God in the highest!
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It is THE Sunday of the year. It is about who we are and what we can become because of the sacrifice given unto us. For us. I know that here that is understood.
Take away all the churches and ceremonies, all the traditions, the truth of what happened is still there.
I wish you a Bless-ed Easter, rah. Stripped of all things, our personal relationship with Christ is everything and all that matters. B
Love never dies. Hallelujah!!
Happy Easter, Rileytrips💓 No, it does not. Thanks be to God!!!
Sure is.
Happy Easter mopar!!!!
Hallelujah! He has risen. 🙏
Good morning, WP💓 Thank you for your lovely posts and evocative drawings, which have, in their simplicity, added another emotional layer for me to this year’s Holy Season. Happy Easter, sir. And all blessings to you on this joyous Sunday.🙏 B
Thank you Betsy, as always I wish you the same.
btw the drawings are not mine. More about them tonight, or tomorrow, God willing.
I think you will enjoy it . . . 🙂
I suspected they weren’t… I will look forward to reading more about them. 💓
Love these Thomas Newman pieces- so beautiful! Thank you, Garrison.
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Here’s a brief, but mighty, scene from “The Robe”. If you have never seen this sleeper of a Christian film about redemption than consider this a gift if it intrigues you to watch the full movie. You can see it for free online. Great family film and great Easter film.
This is the first Christian movie I remember ever seeing. And Barrabas (Anthony Quinn)
Happy Easter, Boogywstew🙏
Guess what!? I rented the movie for $3.99! Hadn’t seen it since I was 7 years old. Thank you!!!
Have a blessed Easter Sunday, Treepers. Although I am a devout believer, I’m not churched. I’m not anti-church, but the truth for me is that church just has never really worked for me. I was saved at about age 5 or so. I think it was then that our Lord entered my life. Certainly it was then that I felt His Presence within me. He’s been with me ever since. In times of crisis too many to recount, He’s simply been there—and a few of those have been so profoundly felt that my humble life was forever changed.
I was thinking of one of those just tonight. This was when my wife was in the depths of dementia. She was “sundowning” ; having violent out-of-control mood swings. It was a awful time for her and for me. Suddenly she looked at me and I looked at her. We both felt the presence of The Lord, we both felt his Healing Grace. We both knew then that everything was going to be OK with us. And so it has been with us. I can’t explain it any better than this.
Our Lord’s Healing Grace is real. And I hope we all can experience it on this Holy Easter. There are lots of paths leading us to belief. But once, we find our path, we know the reality of faith. Be well Treepers, and know that our Lord loves us and looks after us.
Thank you, Garrison. May God continue to bless you with His healing grace.
Good morning, 1530💓I wish you a most happy Easter.🙏
You too 1530 hold Mungrel respect.
Like I’ve said to most of you mob on OT, I read more than comment as I’m not what is termed here a “God botherer” don’t mean disrespect in any way really, that don’t mean I don’t understand.
Happy Easter to 1530 and Mrs 1530, I just hope the kids ain’t called 1531 and 1532 😁😁😁 now that would be tragic 😂 !
Cheers, and once again have a humorous and happy Easter.
By here I don’t mean there! My lingo, but then again could be yours too !
Hi Mungrel. Thanks for the good wishes. Wishing you a humorous and happy Easter too.
Actually, there was a little humor this morning at church. On the last verse of the hymn just before the sermon, a verse that people usually stand up for, I “pulled out all the stops,” and floorboarded the organ. After we got done being startled, we were definitely all awake, including me. And the singing matched the organ.
Actually it was the same hymn I posted below,
Mrs. 1530 says hi back. you don’t have to worry about the kids, they have regualr names.
Cheers to you too.
Thank you. In return for His blessings, I want to share the truth of His love for us as best I can. A few months ago, took a chance to talk to a best friend about belief. I knew he was questioning himself so I shared my admittedly humble beliefs with him. He immediately told me he just couldn’t “go there”. A few days later, however, he called and told me he’d been repeating his ” . . . Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep . . .” prayer at night. I knew that simply prayer would bring his solace. I told him he was in. Belief and acceptance can be as simple as that, I think.
loved your sharing!!! 🥰 Thanks Garrison for every post and all music!!!!!
Happy blessed Easter to you and mrs Garrison ❤️
This small prayer I pray every night.🙏 And yes, I believe it is that simple, asking God to watch over the very essence of us…our souls.
Acceptance of Our Lord doesn’t have to be complex or even very public. Quiet acceptance works just as well, sometimes even better for some people. I think it’s a good way for belief become normal part of one’s life.
It isn’t complex. Those private conversations, which I find, without thinking, I have all day…plus the very simple affirming acknowledgement that Jesus is Lord, don’t need buildings. We are admonished, after all, to pray quietly. For me that’s where I feel closest to God.
CS Lewis didn’t start his Christian journey until he was well into his life, and as result in large part to his friendship with JRR Tolkein. Who’s to say your interaction with your friend hasn’t started his journey in earnest? Pray that this is the case. 💓
In fact, Garrison…rightly or wrongly, I sincerely feel this beautiful thread is a church with all of us in the daily fellowship of love, support and worship. How wonderful it is!
Oh yes ❤️ Betsy. And the treehouse is open 24/7. 🤩
Hmmmm, perhaps Sundance should erect a meme? Stating how many souls have been served to date? 😝
Happy blessed Easter Day Sundance!!! 🐣 Thanks for staying open!!!!! 💋
I hadn’t thought of the “24/7, we never close!!” feature of this site, Cat. I often wonder how many don’t comment as opposed to do. We’ll never know of course. But I suspect there are many who take comfort in all that is posted here. I’d like to think so anyway.
There are always many more reading than who comment. That is true with most every blog, I imagine. We can see that in the Admin view – how many views and how many comments.
Not being a tech person, nevertheless I knew from a commenting end this would be the case . But I was unaware (though shouldn’t have been) that you would be able to determine those numbers. Thank you for your edification, Stella.
And I wish you all who are overseeing and putting this site together, the most glorious Easter Sunday.
Christos Anesti. God bless you all, Stella💓
And where two or more are gathered, He is in the midst of us
Oh how we love you Jesus Christ
Blessed Easter, Bananas! We do!!🙏
Nice. One of my favorite prayers. Another one is “Help” or “Help me Jesus”.
Thanks for sharing that, Garrison.
Many hymns (which are really little prayers) pray to God to strengthen our faith. Faith is not our work, so we don’t have to strain for it. It is God’s work. Sometimes it just creeps up on us. Praying for it can’t hurt.
And a blessed Easter to you and your wife Mr. Hall…may the peace of the Lord be with your spirit.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God…it is right to give him thanks and praise.
Easter blessings to Sundance,Ad Rem,Menagerie,Stella,WeeWeed and all treepers past and present. Pax Vobis.
Good morning, CBB💓. The most joyous day of the year is with us. He is risen indeed!! All Easter blessings to you, sir. B🙏
Hi Bet and thank you! Joyous indeed and we are ALL blessed on this wonderful day…believers and non believers alike.His sacrifice and death allows us to live,for His love and mercy are without end.
The mines have been particularly brutal for this canary as of late,but today is a welcomed respite.Not only to celebrate Easter,but driving across “the alley” to spend time with family and friends from “the old country” (downeast N.E.).I can think of no greater blessing.
I pray that you are blessed with family and friends to celebrate this glorious day also. Cheers mi amiga!
It sounds as if because you are good at what you do, more is placed on you to do. Just guessing, because that is the situation that my hard-working daughter finds herself in. So I understand why any time out of those wretched mines is welcome…and I hope you enjoy every minute of it. I pray his grace will be all around you in that “old country” and especially that it will keep you safe on your return trip. All blessings to you, my friend.💓🙏
Just lovely! 🙂
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Very well said! And Blessings to you and everyone here in return.
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Praise God!
Good morning, jay💓 May a very very happy Easter and all its blessings be yours.🙏
Truly Betsy I’ve been Blessed by God all my life, raised by Christian parents and most of our family are believers. I’ve a wonderful Christian wife and children the same, what more could I ask for. Praise God from whom all Blessings flow. Thank you for your kind words as always, may your day be Blessed also. 🙂
How kind you are, jay…and I thank you. Where would we all be without God? Even those who profess not to believe who do not understand that their refusal to acknowledge Him doesn’t negate Him. Whether they as yet don’t know Him, He is..and loves them. Imagine declining such a gift and the peace that comes with it? Blessings, my friend who knows💓
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Good glorious morning, Garrison…a morning full of deep and unremitting joy for the Sacrifice which has freed all who believe in Him. You and your beloved wife will be in his loving care always. B🙏💓
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I couldn’t honesty say I like all your music vids or some of your points in some respects, what I can say though 100% is happy Easter to you.
I enjoy a wide range of music giving me further insight into what I like to phrase as “Music is Magic”.
I’m sure you understand,that afterall is the point !
A common God given front can best be described as music.
My opinion.
All the best to the Garrison mob.
and a ‘Music is Magic’ Happy Easter to you Mungrel
You too are “Lucky” ms Idaho, and so is my f*ckin foot !
A good Happy Easter to you and doc, it’s a bit embarrassing that I haven’t got back on paw advice, I had to go through all the brand name bullshit, the fish though oil though was good, crustrations in the “muscles” blue come under all sorts of variations, mainly I discovered northern and southern hemisphere’s.
No too deep now as I just want to say and wish you and doc all the best , Happy 🐣
Oh, Mungrel – I cannot draw a big enough smile.
I was hoping that if you knew what you were looking for you could find it ‘at home’.
Hoping this Easter is the start of a NEW – GREAT – year
Be well!
And all the best to you too!
Garrison… We received a lovely piece of email in the back room. In that email the sender also included this message for you. I thought you’d like to know…
A blessed Easter to you and yours….
I think of him as our resident DJ. He thoughtfully pulls together many genres of music to create a mood or picture for the day. He is amazing!
He really does keep us going. He disappeared for a while, and we were all terribly worried about him. And relieved, so relieved, when he reappeared to say it was computer related.
❤️
Watch Shanghi. The Elites are using China to telegraph where we are heading + to lead the demoralization psyop. Remember 2019-2020: We didn’t know the new disease out of Wuhan had a 99.8% survival rate at the time. All we knew was from seemingly social media shot posts of Authorities welding apartment buildings shut + people falling out in the streets. It worked. It scared the world into accepting Lockdowns. — Then, as it became clear the virus was not remotely deadly enough to warrant such extreme things as we saw out of China — nor what our governments were doing to us — what did we see out of Wuhan…? — Nightclubs filled to capacity with maskless Chinese citizens laughing at the rest of the world as they partied.
Now, the Virus still does not have much of a death rate —- but — Shanghi makes the worst of Wuhan 2019-2020 look like a Freedomfest… It is Biblical-level oppression. — for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate…
Contrast that with the Bubonic Plague that had a 30-90% death rate in the Middle Ages… This is why I get so frustrated when people talk about how —- “the Lockdowns” did this or that… The Lockdowns didn’t do squat. — GOVERNMENTS did it!! Governments dealt the Global Economy its first death blow in The Great Reset.
Governments – particularly the US Government – is the one pushing rail transport companies + orgs to — stop shipments of grains to herd farmers + stopping the shipment of fertilizers at the prime time for spring planting…
—- This is a Conspiracy….
They have been talking about it since at least the early-70s.
2020-2040 — the period they set for the complete transformation of human civilization — and the culling the bulk of the homo sapien population — in the name of Saving Mother Earth…
When I heard the Indian scientists had discovered the Wuhan Virus was a genetically modified combination of 4 different naturally occuring viruses that could not have combined in the wild — I knew the Elites were deadly serious. That they were going to go thru with it…
Watch Shanghi for what is coming to the rest of the world soon…
It’s Easter man, give it a break, most here know what’s going on.
What about a song request!
“Strawberry Fields Forever” comes to mind !
Ask and you shall receive 💕
Nice, I adore the scent on the outpost leg tree 😜, ferns give good attack cover too 😒 !
Much like 😎 barkers eggs new cover 😊 !
I saw you at the end of the video ❤️ you’re right! You are a hairy one. 😘 but it didn’t show your steel blue eyes 😔
Well done!! 🙂
Golly, I guess the people in Shanghi should look on the bright side…
My elderly mother has no trouble turning a blind eye too. She just says, “There is nothing I can do about it…”
Eat, drink, and be happy. Give in marriage and be married. Don’t give it another thought…
(Or think about why you felt the need to take the time to tell me to shut up… You couldn’t just skip over it. You needed to type out a rebuke. — I’m not upset. It is just telling. These times we have been thrust into are not being faced.)
You are nothing more than an antagonist.
I did not tell you to “shut up”.
“Blind eye” , I’d rip you to shreds if you want to go that path.
Fact is its Easter and all I asked for is a little peace not only for myself but for those here that show me respect.
“Living is easy with eyes closed”, “Misunderstanding is all you see”.
You did not listen to my words.
Thank you mungrel for trying. ❤️ Iggy’s post would be better received on the presidential thread, imo. His points are possible valid. Just had a little bad timing, I think.
Here’s something to soothe 🎶
A Beatle’s song from someone telling me to shut up cause it’s Easter……funny. From the Sgt. Pepper’s album with the cover with Alaistair Crowley on it…. for Easter…. funny…
Won’t shut up will ya !
Alistair Crowley I read read at 15yrs old.
Complete understanding came at 18 yrs old ?
You have no idea, absolutely none in any understanding of the occult satanic rituals that take place.
Shirley Temple is also on the cover, pick on her too.
Good and evil are both depicted on Sgt, Peppers album cover along with who the “Beatles” happened to like at that time.
I assume that you, by your above response,that not only are you an antagonist but a very poorly informed one.
I bow to your all informed knowledge, “spit” !
Leave my friends alone on Easter .
Come back and I’ll play another day !
Did you listen.
I think what you don’t quite get, Iggyb, is that we here on the thread—especially today for obvious reasons—simply don’t grant you the moral imperative your “What about this?” comment demands. If you think our celebration of Easter Sunday implies that we aren’t properly aware of the suffering of others you could not be more wrong. As Feral Cat gently reminded you (and Mungrel, bless him, less so) there is a time and place for everything. Simply put, take it someplace else.
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Garrison, I forgot to wish iggy Happy Easter! Where’s my manners? 😝 God would think less of me….so Iggy, happy Easter 🐣. Hope your egg hunt is successful ❤️
This is God’s world- his creation. His will be done! No matter how bad it gets, remember, He wins in the end. Spread His Word, become a true disciple of Christ.
HAPPY EASTER TREEPERS
Love it! Thanks! 🙂
In another place the question was posed concerning the Holy Week Events chart I’ve been posting,
‘How does one reconcile Christ’s comment that He MUST be 3 days and 3 nights in the grave (as Jonah was 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale) with this?’
It’s a good question. For treepers who may be wondering too, the answer briefly is that the Jews count part of a day as one day, part of a night as one night. Also in the Jewish calendar, even today, the new day begins a sundown.
For further study
https://bible.org/question/were-three-days-and-three-nights-jesus-was-grave-full-72-hours
https://answersingenesis.org/jesus/resurrection/three-days-and-nights/
https://www.gotquestions.org/sign-of-Jonah.html
A small minority of us understand the crucifixion to have taken place on Wednesday. Six days before Passover (15 Nisan) Jesus went to Bethany according to John 12: 1, and was served by Martha: if this was Saturday, a Sabbath, this violated Jewish laws concerning work. In the Greek texts, Jesus was crucified before sunset (the Feast of Passover, the day the lambs were slain, sunset Wed. to sunset Th., 15 Nisan, a feast day, but not a sabbath). Then according to Matthew 28:1 (Greek text) there were “sabbaths”. If Jesus was crucified on Friday, the first sabbath (16 Nisan, the Feast of Unleavened Bread) lasted until Saturday night, and a second unidentified sabbath lasted until Sunday night. The Feast of Firstfruits (17 Nisan, also the day Noah’s ark came to rest after the flood) is not a Sabbath; nor would the women have had time to prepare burial spices.
To clarify sunset-sunrise dating, Jesus was crucified on Nisan 14, during twilight, when the previously-inspected lambs were also slain. According to Numbers 9, Nisan 14 was the only day under the law that God allowed a person to touch a dead body and not become ceremonially unclean.
Another thought. . . Throughout the Old Testament the “Third Day” was the day of atonement. Isaac was to be sacrificed on the third day but was saved. Joseph revealed himself to his family on the third day. Jonah was saved from the great fish on the third day. (Jesus often told his detractors to watch for the miracle of Jonah.) There are many more. When Jesus told people that he would be raised on the third day, it may not have been a specific time sequence of 72 hours, it may be that Jesus was telling them that when he arose it would be a day of atonement. In fact, it became THE Day of Atonement.
Also, some say the reason we are supposed to repeat certain prayers, phrases or statements 3 times, is for the past, the present and the future.
once for the Father, once for the Son, once for the Holy Spirit
The Feast pf First Fruits takes place at sundown on the third day.
The process is to be out in the field with the sickle awaiting the slipping of the sun down below the horizon. That is when the tool is first taken to the wheat. The wheat is then processed into the finest flour to be offered in the Temple after sunrise as part of the worship.
This is the agricultural picture / pattern for the resurrection of Messiah. This is why the tomb is empty when they go to attend His body so early in the morning. His holy body had already been “harvested” – resurrected.
JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN TODAY
But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep. For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming. Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
— 1 Corinthians 15:20-26
1 Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia
2 Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
3 But the pains which He endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s King,Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
4Δ Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
Praise eternal as His love; Alleluia!
Praise Him all ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!
He is risen indeed!
Happy Easter, Treepers.
Of all the hymns celebrating His resurrection, this is the one that resonates most with me. It is the one we always started Easter Sunday services with in my beloved childhood church…and as such your posting it is a true gift for me, 1530. And I thank you💓B
Tears..just majestic and rightly so…🙏
Betsy, it’s the one that resonates most with me too. See my late comment to Mungrel upthread about a bit of humor (!) today connected with this hymn. Happy Easter to you.
Hahaha!! Wow!!! I can only imagine! Nothing more powerful than an organ that comes into its own, rightly so.
Tangentially, long ago we were at at a service which I seem to remember was at Easter (speaking of the unexpected). The church was not small but not large either. We came to sing a well known hymn, and when we got to the final verse, suddenly, immediately behind me came the most beautiful trained operatic soprano voice. She saved it until the last. It so overwhelmed me amongst our poor voices (by comparison) and was so surprising, so close to me, that I could sing no longer. And the tears started. I shall never forget it. It was the same when I listened to the utterly emotional performance of your hymn.
And that’s how I imagine the effect of your “pulling out all the stops” on your congregation was. I wish I’d been there.💓
What a beautiful experience Betsy!!!! ❤️
So surprising that it literally took my breath away, which is partly why I couldn’t sing anymore, Cat💓
God bless Charles Wesley
Oh yes, LS. May He do so in abundance🙏
Shanghi 2022 is probably the greatest advertisement for the 2nd Amendment in history…
Only Two Defining Forces Have Ever Offered To Die For You;
Jesus Christ and the American G.I.
One Died For Your Soul;
The Other For You Freedom.
Um, due respect A isn’t inclusive !
AMEN!
Amen!!!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
The Sunday of Palms
Orthodox Christian Church
“On this day, the Sunday of Palms, we celebrate the radiant and glorious Feast of the Entry of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.”
From the Synaxaria of the Triodion
by Nikiphoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (+ ca. 1335)
April 4th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
April 17th on the civil or commercial calendar
Happy Easter Sepp, and as much as I don’t have the theology readings as yourself, I do listen, some are very poignant to me personally as you might understand.
For a few hours yet here it’s still Sunday, very quiet, I decided to go for a drive to a little town not far away ( ran out of smokes), a little girl walked up to me and gave me an “Easter Egg” stating ” There ya go mister, I’m full” !
Well that’s the only Easter Egg I received.
To me that’s just perfect.
Cheers.
And a little child shall lead them – perfect for today, Mungrel! I hope you have a beautiful and blessed day.
Wishing Rileytrips mob a perfect Easter and continuing good faith in all things life.
Cheers.
All Easter blessings to you, my dear friend, a man I know is very close to God. He’ll never leave you, and this, I think you know. Bet💓🙏
Y Thankyou Mrs jones.
You are more than welcome, M.💓LBT
That is perfect, son! Have a blessed Resurrection Day!
Blessed Sunday of Palms to you , Sepp.
Good morning, Lonestar, on this wonderful Easter.
We are watching the Easter service from King’s College Cambridge. It is emotional and beautiful. The voices of the chorus are utter perfection, as only those young boys and men can deliver.
All blessings to you, LS, on this happiest day.🙏
Thank you, Betsy. 🙂
I can’t forget Lonestar in my Easter good will !
All the best, I enjoy your posts and never pass them bye, Sirus is my favorite star and when I see your username it’s always my first thought.
Cheers.
Happy Easter to a man who has daily kept us focused on our Lord and Saviour. Blessings, sir.🙏💓
Well said Betsy! 😘
🤗!!
Sepp, prayers and best wishes for you as you prepare for Easter!
Happy blessed Easter citizen!!!! I enjoy all the smiles you bring my way!! Thanks ❤️
If you are of a generation that did not play Computer Games growing up – especially ones like SimCity + Civilization – you should give them a try now.
Why? — Because, the experience of having God-like Powers – to Dictate how a city or a civilization is to evolve + casually go to war or make peace or nuke this city or destroy the farmlands of that one – even part of your own nation as a whim —— exposes for you ——– the mindset of the Elites who have been ruing over Western Civilization (and thus the Earth) for the past century+.
The Elites are not Citizens of the World.
They are not connected to us. They feel no natural affinity.
They are Masters of the World —- treating us with such frivolity + disdain + complete disregard for our lives —- the Earth is one giant computer game to them….
They THINK they are the masters of the world. They are not!
Exactly.
What about some globalist pedo hunting games, don’t never see them !
Now that would be a hunting license that I’d like to have.
I think they really hate reality, the real world. Somehow they don’t feel comfortable in it – they don’t fit in. I have no respect for them or pity.
They attend the Church of Self..and that is never a good thing, RT. There is no redemption in such a place.
Let us remember we don’t need everything but what God blesses us with.
Niiiice way to be reminded ❤️
Happy blessed Easter bad dog!! You’re a good doggie today, here have a biscuit. 😘
April 17 Oswald Chambers
All or Nothing?
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment…and plunged into the sea. —John 21:7
Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment, or total surrender, is reached internally, not externally. The giving up of only external things may actually be an indication of your being in total bondage.
Have you deliberately committed your will to Jesus Christ? It is a transaction of the will, not of emotion; any positive emotion that results is simply a superficial blessing arising out of the transaction. If you focus your attention on the emotion, you will never make the transaction. Do not ask God what the transaction is to be, but make the determination to surrender your will regarding whatever you see, whether it is in the shallow or the deep, profound places internally.
If you have heard Jesus Christ’s voice on the waves of the sea, you can let your convictions and your consistency take care of themselves by concentrating on maintaining your intimate relationship to Him.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
No one could have had a more sensitive love in human relationship than Jesus; and yet He says there are times when love to father and mother must be hatred in comparison to our love for Him.
Happy Easter everyone ❤️
Doing an act of kindness can make you feel good about yourself, and a new study suggests it also benefits the brains of everyone living under one roof.
https://www.braintomorrow.com/2022/04/15/kindness-cognitive-health/
I saw this, Cat… and I agree with the proviso that such acts must come from the heart.
God Bless America and all you Treepers. May ya’ll have a wonderful Easter. 🙂 🙂
Happy Easter jay!
Thanks for the memory again of my long past uncle. I remember him bellowing out the old rugged cross. I believe that’s when his love affair started with our Lord and Savior. Before that, he associated with all kinds of undesirables, he changed his ways dramatically and became a pastor in his older years. He never turned his back on anyone after becoming a pastor. I’ve mentioned before about visiting one of his churches. It didn’t have electricity or plumbing but the love for our Lord was boundless there. His congregation adored him so. I miss not getting to know him better in his later years 😔. Time, busyness, and miles kept us apart 😔
Thanks jay. 😘
🙂 🙂 🙂
And there is jay, along with Garrison and others who generously with their music jog our memories…such a gift.
Happy Easter jay, I too enjoy your music post’s,
Splendid Easter to you and the jay mob.
🙂
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Be Thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight
Be Thou my armor and be Thou my might
Thou my soul shelter, and Thy my high tower
Raise Thou me heavenwards, oh power of my power
Raw…felt…as so much of music from his Northern Ireland and Ireland can be. Thank you for this, Jepperine.
Happy Easter dutchess, My armor my not be clean,
Battered and torn it may be seen,
But when battling evil it’s sure mighty mean.
Cheers.
Armour is not meant be clean…not at all😉
Verse of the Day for Sunday, April 17, 2022
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“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Happy Easter, duchess💓🙏 Thank you so much for your lovely daily postings.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
Duchess ,
May our Lord Bless You Big this Easter Sunday 💐
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Mornin’ comrade infidels.
I’m watching snow fall right now!!!!! And I’m keeping it!!!! ❤️
Cause:
https://symbolsandsynchronicity.com/snow-spiritual-meaning-omens-symbolism/
Whoa!!! Its cooler here, but no snow.
Thank you FC. We had a snow flurry today. It make reminded me that Jesus washes away our sins and makes us Whiter than Snow. It was beautiful. Happy Easter to you and your loved ones.
Blessed Easter Morn { ✝
Happy Easter Lonestar!!!!
A truly blessed morn ❤️
And thank you for the Solomon egg last night. 😘
You are welcome 🙂
Note the large portrait hanging above the stage.
Happy Easter, Coastal🙏💓 I pray your granddaughter is recovering by leaps and bounds. With His grace and mercy surrounding her and her parents unremitting.
Coastal,
Love Billy Preston’s amazing, moving cover of George Harrison’s – My Sweet Lord ! (The tribute to George Concert ).
Happy Easter.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych – Happy Easter
Happy Easter Ms Idaho!
Good Morning ☀️
Hope you can squeeze in some gym/pool time into your busy oncoming week. 😊
Hey – I tried on my new bathing suit – it doesn’t fit, so back to the store it goes
Good news – I tried on my ‘old’ bathing suit. It DOES fit.
I am leery of the pool – I KNOW the water will not be over 90 degrees. Can’t tell you how much I miss the pools at Fairmont Hot Springs in Mt.
We have gone every day to the little ‘exercise’ room here. Doc does some weights, we both ‘peddle’ and use the stair stepper. I climbed 10 floors yesterday. I do think even the little bit we are doing is helping my back.
I also have an appointment with our local naturopath (known him and worked with him for over 20 yrs). We’ll see if I have made any progress since last fall.
Awesome on the suit!!!! 👏
You do know, climbing all those stairs will give you a great set of gams? 😂
So 🤔 mr Idaho’s going to be busy…you know like a wolf guarding his cougar?
Good luck with your appointment 😘
I know what you are implying about the wolf guarding – not to worry. This ‘soon to be 80’ body won’t set any world records – except for survival
first of all – all the Polish women in our family become ‘rotund’ as we age. I think of it as a survival thing. I suspect famine was real in Poland.
On top of that, the time for the wolf to guard was years ago – ha ha
Be assured, when we met there were no others visible to either of us.
Maidin Mhaith, ms Idaho,
Beannachtaí na Cásca – Happy Easter 🙂
Blessed Easter Morning Greetings back at’cha
A joyous Easter to you, ms idaho, and to all your family.💓🙏
Thanks Betsy. I love the way you began this Joyous Day of Resurrection
With my ‘new’ TV, which has all kinds of things I can watch, like Roku and Pluto, I looked to see if I could find your Kings College broadcast. Alas
I also looked up ‘Shetland’. I found it. Thought I had added it to ‘My Feed’. Same with Murdock Mysteries. Alas, I can’t find them to watch them. Still have lots to learn…
We are enjoying ‘Mission Impossible’, however. There are any number of ‘oldies but goodies’ that run episodes non-stop. Ha Ha, with literally hundreds of channels to choose from, I still go back to the ‘Antenna’ for over-the-air choices.
The Easter at King’s is on Britbox (all things British). It’s about $5.99/month and some of the best money we spend. So much to watch…the best of the old and new. It’s a doddle to subscribe to. That Service will not disappear. And there’s the added bonus of Carols at King’s every Christmas. It is just as joyful.
We access Britbox through our Roku. In fact it’s practically all we watch anymore..that and Acorn, also subscription. I hope that helps.🤗
Hubby says go through “Search Channels”… I suspect it might already be displayed but if not, you can type it in…
Happy Easter, P.🙏💓 I hope you’re feeling the joy of the day.
Hi Betsy,
Joyous it is thank you — this is my favorite Easter song – I see ‘above’ that I wasn’t the first to post and its a fave of yours. Found a new Christian music radio station today – so now when I’m out and about, I have more ‘church’ time. Jesus saves. Bless you.
It’s lovely to be able to.take it with you, right??🤗
Good Happy Easter parichute, from thousands of miles away I hear you 🙏.
All the best.
The ham is in the oven and the fruit salad already made. We have our eggs and toys for the kids. This afternoon it’s off to Dads house for the family get together and pitch in.
I wish you all a wonderful Easter. Peace on earth; Goodwill to men.
Oh How I Love Jesus -The Detty Family – YouTube
🤗!!
Sounds delicious, have a great Easter day.
Happy and Blessed Easter
to my Peeps 🐣💐🙏🐇💘
Mungrel, I think your Easter Day should be nearing twilight now…..so here’s my special Easter theme song just for you. Happy blessed Easter and every day in the future ❤️ 😘
Thanks my favorite Feral 😘 , I listened before kennel 😜 !
A question : Are chocolate Easter eggs a tradition there ?
I see no reference anywhere here, don’t know if you mob are referring to painted eggs or not !
As far as I am aware, only traditional Easter egg is type you hard boil and color. Humans: Chocolate ones are a preferred taste, like peeps(marshmallow chicks), then you get into the pet preferences, some like m&m’s, some like barker eggs 😜
Ps last night posted pic is forever engraved in my mind. MEOW!!!! 😍Feral likes Easter eye candy!! 👅
then turn them into deviled eggs
I almost forgot my weekly long range weather outlook. Not Good for most of the US.
As I write this there is snow in the forecast for the lower Great Lakes through PA and up into New England. Heavy at the higher elevations.
After a short warmup most of the Northern US is in for colder than average temperatures and most of us are going to see another frost or even hard freeze. The SW and especially Texas are set to see a dramatic warm up with higher than average temps. So the battle between cold and warm continues and so will the stormy and sometimes violent weather associated with those conditions.
I’m afraid that we are looking at one of those years where fruit trees in a lot of the nation will have a stunted yield.
Colder and I mean even freezing temperatures reaching down into the Ohio Valley, will be hitting us again the first week of May in the areas mentioned above. In fact the month of May is looking like it will end up with temps well below the average for that month. Gardeners, take note!
As I mentioned Texas will start to get hot. Florida and southern GA and SC will see average temps for the time of year.
I remember going to the Indianapolis 500 in 1994 dressed for winter. That year Little Al Unser won. We could see our breath. Hot toddies were more in order than the usual beer.
Joe’s Saturday Summary is short and to the point this time. As always scroll down to the free video.
WeatherBELL Analytics
why do you never report on the Pacific NW rainforest? we have weather too
This time your included in the forecast for the Northern US.
colder than usual, sometimes much colder.
right up through much of May.
It really has been a LOT colder with horrific hail yesterday
Today was the COLDEST 50 degree weather I’ve ever felt. More chill to come – I’m a New Englander. Safe travels rah.
Happy Easter Whistling_Past,
Like I’ve said to a couple of others here, I read your posts but don’t often comment, that don’t mean I disagree !
All the best to you and all your friends.
Hey Mungrel, that’s good to know!
Hope reading them brings you closer to the Lord.
Thanks, and blessings to you and yours.
I give us gold stars for the day. We did about 1/2 hour in the exercise place, changed clothes and got in the pool. Humbling experience.
It’s one thing to know you are ‘out of shape’. Its another to swim a few laps and PROVE it! 🙁
Also, tried a few leg stretches sitting on the steps to the water. HAH – who, me? stretch?
Its probably been 6 or 7 years since we ‘camped out’ at Fairmont Hot Springs. We kicked ourselves out of bed each morning and spent about an hour exercising, swimming and stretching.
No excuses – we have an easy way to do it here. Water’s not over 90 degrees, but maybe in the 80’s. Not ideal for these oldsters, but doable
Opens to an excellent thread….
One of the most remarkable surviving Books of Hours, completed in 1554 and famous enough to be frequently noted & described throughout the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries – was owned and entirely illuminated by the Abbé of this monastic island, a few miles of the coast of Cannes.
Watched a documentary on Roku about the musician Harry Nilsson today. I was always a big fan. Very enlightening and a good POV about one of the biggest influences on music from the 70s
Happy Easter Bad Dog !
You can share my biscuits!
The line drawings I posted today are the work of the late gifted Swiss artist, Annie Vallotton.
If you liked them then you’ll enjoy this charming short video of Annie in action!
Scroll down to the orange screen….
https://www.rotation.org/topic/about-the-artist-and-griggs-educational-resources
Mr Leenie asked me a question tonight: “What is Easter Monday?”
Haha. True.
I am having an inexplicable problem getting on to the Internet and wonder if anyone else has had this problem – I can normally use Google Chrome which then has arrayed on one page the icons for the various places I like to visit –
The Treehouse, etc.
but now when I have been clicking on the Chrome button, it won’t go to the next step – I can SEE the page is there but it won’t let me go TO that page –
same thing with Microsoft Edge now –
then trying the McAfee VPN but can’t GET TO the VPN (I am a subcriber in good standing) but can’t see WHERE the heck to connect.
I have this cell phone so I can check e-mail and go online – eg, CTH –
this is discombobulating and if anyone knows what I am talking about, that would be marvelous!
I think just writing out my woes helped me think of something that helped me get back online – thank you very much! 🙂